Vikings Explore Hudson Bay
Viking exploration of Hudson Bay will continue in 2013 when descendants of the first Viking voyagers to reach North America 1,000 years ago sail into ...
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File-sharing tycoon arrested in New Zealand
The Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload has been arrested by US authorities in New Zealand for massive copyright infringement.
Hotel sued for giving room key to ‘pervert’
A woman has filed a lawsuit against Starwood Hotels and Resorts after employees at a Finnish property allegedly gave her room key to a drunken strange...
Mass herring death a mystery in Norway
Scientists have yet to agree on why thousands of dead herring have washed up on a Norwegian beach in the last week.
USA Today spots Northern Lights in Iceland
U.S. publication, USA Today has recently run a feature on viewing the Northern Lights in Iceland as part of its online travel magazine.
U.S. carrier Frontier Airlines partners with Icelandair
The U.S. carrier, Frontier Airlines, announced last week that it has entered a partnership with Iceland’s flagship airline Icelandair, in order to off...
Generic pharmaceutical company to launch pain medication in U.S. market
Actavis, a global leader in the generic pharmaceuticals industry, yesterday announced it has entered into a binding letter of intent with QRxPharma to...
‘Half-hearted’ CIA flights inquiry takes off
An inquiry into so-called ‘CIA rendition flights’ in Greenlandic airspace will go ahead, but will not be the formal investigation that the country hop...